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Start-up launches £495,000 hoverbike in Japan
https://news.yahoo.com ^
| Wed, October 27, 2021, 11:59 AM
| Staff
Posted on 10/27/2021 10:45:27 AM PDT by Red Badger
A Japanese start-up is hoping to convince motorists to swap their cars for a $680,000 (£495,000) hoverbike.
ALI Technologies' XTurismo Limited Edition went on sale in Japan, earlier on Wednesday.
Electronics giant Mitsubishi and footballer Keisuke Honda are two backers of the Tokyo-based company.
ALI Technologies says the hoverbike can fly for 40 minutes at up to 100km/h (62mph) on a single charge.
The company aims to have manufactured 200 single-rider 300kg (47-stone) hoverbikes by mid-2022.
Each is equipped with a conventional engine and four battery-powered motors.
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To: martin_fierro; Slings and Arrows
Flying Motorcycle Ping!..............
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posted on
10/27/2021 10:46:03 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Tijeras_Slim; FireTrack; Pukin Dog; citabria; B Knotts; kilowhskey; cyphergirl; Wright is right!; ..
Aviation Pingy!...................
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posted on
10/27/2021 10:46:42 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
10/27/2021 10:47:04 AM PDT
by
Noumenon
(Black flag American. KTF)
My pal brocolli had a flying motorcycle
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posted on
10/27/2021 10:49:03 AM PDT
by
dsrtsage
( Complexity is just simple lacking imaginationd)
To: Noumenon
One word: None........................
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posted on
10/27/2021 10:49:05 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
10/27/2021 10:51:06 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
(My superpower is setting people up for failure, without meaning to. )
To: Red Badger
Oh boy...
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posted on
10/27/2021 10:51:33 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
To: Red Badger
The ABA is licking its chops.
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posted on
10/27/2021 10:56:01 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: dsrtsage
Did he get squashed?....................
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posted on
10/27/2021 10:57:59 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
I can see a niche for that type of transportation as airborne, off road ATV's. Expensive now but like everything else, the price will come down as the technology is refined and the demand goes up.
In another article on this vehicle, it stated a pilot's license would likely be required. Leave it to the govt. to screw things up.
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posted on
10/27/2021 10:58:20 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Without potatoes, life has no meaning......)
To: Red Badger
VFR only...needs a canopy
At $680K, don’t think many folks will be ditching the Camry anytime soon...
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:05:26 AM PDT
by
Regulator
(It's fraud, Jim)
To: Hot Tabasco
Dreams, risk taking, initiative, greed...
That’s what moves things forward.
I hope “gubbermint” doesn’t choke all the life out of it.
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:05:57 AM PDT
by
Red6
To: Regulator
Expect to see Schmuckerberg on one soon...............
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:06:02 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Seruzawa
I think you mean the AAJ, but yes, they most certainly are. Regular, ground-based ATVs are already a pretty big source of plaintiff’s verdicts.
To: Regulator
Lol. Just try to find someplace to fly it. $680K for a hangar queen.
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:12:41 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
ALI Technologies says the hoverbike can fly for 40 minutes at up to 100km/h (62mph) on a single charge. Given all of the other attempts in this arena with lift provided only by fans have resulted in ~10 minute flight times, I'll believe 40 minutes when I see it.
But it sure looks cool!
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:26:42 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Red Badger
Still fans, huh. No anti-grav dilithium crystals yet? Where’s all that alien technology we keep hearing about?
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:30:59 AM PDT
by
bk1000
(Banned from Breitbart)
To: bk1000
Maybe they were poor aliens........................
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posted on
10/27/2021 11:31:30 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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